THE CIPHER

Seir Jay "Damian" Damiano is a 17-year-old genius student with an IQ of 200 living in Metro Manila. Despite coming from a simple family, his extraordinary gift for observation, pattern recognition, and deduction makes him stand out. When a police officer discovers his talent for solving mysteries around school, Damian is offered money to help with real criminal cases-an offer he can't refuse given his family's financial struggles.

What starts as helping solve petty crimes quickly escalates when Damian is pulled into a serial murder investigation. A killer is leaving cryptic patterns on victims' bodies, following the seven deadly sins, and counting down seven days for seven souls. As bodies pile up and time runs out, Damian must use every ounce of his intelligence to predict the killer's next move, decode the messages, and uncover a tragic truth that blurs the line between justice and revenge.

In a race against time through the streets of Manila, Damian will discover that sometimes the smartest solution isn't catching the criminal-it's understanding why they became one.